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cuicatlan is located in the tehuacan valley, an arid region of mexico with insufficient rainfall for successful agriculture. but the town has abundant water, thanks to a nearby river. harnessing this forceful river is the matamba dam. the dam diverts water into a central canal, which winds down the mountain side on a journey 15 miles long. along the way, a canelero, or a canal keeper, opens a sluice gate to send water into a network of smaller feeder canals. below, a farmer waits to irrigate his cornfields. farmer: el agua es la vida porque... interpreter: water is life. because without water we cannot farm. that's why we say water is life. having water, we're happy. we can sow any plant we want -- the beans, the tomatoes, the chile, melon -- all because of water. keach: the irrigation system at cuicatlan has increased food production dramatically, but it has also brought with it a need for administration. anthropologist bob hunt is an expert on how irrigation affects the way we organize our societies. hunt: in order to operate an irrigation system now, not just the dam itself, but t
cuicatlan is located in the tehuacan valley, an arid region of mexico with insufficient rainfall for successful agriculture. but the town has abundant water, thanks to a nearby river. harnessing this forceful river is the matamba dam. the dam diverts water into a central canal, which winds down the mountain side on a journey 15 miles long. along the way, a canelero, or a canal keeper, opens a sluice gate to send water into a network of smaller feeder canals. below, a farmer waits to irrigate...
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however, these native texans would venture west to the arid desert of arizona, where they still rooted their niners. >> we lived in casa grande, arizona. when we moved out there, we had some neighbors who were very football oriented. they were big vikings fans. and gary and mike would kind of go at it. they would both hang their flags outside. it was great. >> inspiration. it comes to different people in different forms. and for gary and diana martinez, that inspiration came from an invite, an invite that would change their lives and open their eyes to what would be the genesis of an idea. >> he invited us to go watch the niners versus the vikings came. >> we ended up coming down to tempe, and went over to the brewery. >> when we went out there, i'm not kidding you, it was a sea of purple. when you walked in there, the vikings vibe was awesome. >> from the patio all the way inside the bar, nothing but a sea of purple. >> this is what we wanted. and when we left, i told mike, i'm so jealous that you guys have a place like this. in arizona, away from minnesota, and you guys are like one.
however, these native texans would venture west to the arid desert of arizona, where they still rooted their niners. >> we lived in casa grande, arizona. when we moved out there, we had some neighbors who were very football oriented. they were big vikings fans. and gary and mike would kind of go at it. they would both hang their flags outside. it was great. >> inspiration. it comes to different people in different forms. and for gary and diana martinez, that inspiration came from an...
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and so in this case, first of all we have developed an agricultural society in a semi-arid environmentt depends on an aquifer that is going one way fast. so as we become more and more vulnerable to rain fall, that's just when climate change is coming along and altering that rainfall. so it's a series of choices that we've made as a civilization, a society, at the local scale, national, and global, often not knowing what the result or the impact of those choices would be -- >> but all their lives, those people were told that god is omnipotent. if you challenge them on that and say, not god, but we have to change the course or we will suffer from global warming irrevocably, aren't you undermining their faith? >> that's one of the most frequently asked questions that we get. and so when my husband, who's a pastor -- when my husband and i wrote this book together, he was the one who laid out the book and said, these are the questions that we have to answer. and number one on that list was, if god is in control, if that's what we believe, then how could something like this happen? but isn't
and so in this case, first of all we have developed an agricultural society in a semi-arid environmentt depends on an aquifer that is going one way fast. so as we become more and more vulnerable to rain fall, that's just when climate change is coming along and altering that rainfall. so it's a series of choices that we've made as a civilization, a society, at the local scale, national, and global, often not knowing what the result or the impact of those choices would be -- >> but all...
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in this area, it is so arid that when we talk about rain over an inch, we talk about flooding. that's what we saw, and major power outages roos the region as well. those are moving across arizona, and in utah. the warnings, here in utah, we talked about flash floods. they are the most dangerous. it means it is happening right now. it doesn't exact parts of arizona, as well as down towards southern parts of nevada to los angeles. you were still in the bulls eye. as we go towards monday, most of the rain is pushing out here towards the east, dry conditions to the west. we are looking at phoenix, seeing temperatures into the 80s, below average for this time of year. what is above average is what is happening across the north-east. we are looking at beautiful conditions across the north-eastern states. new york, 79, washington at 81 and considering what we had yesterday, most of the temperatures are higher. boston, you are 12 degrees higher than yesterday. how long will it last? we'll see 82 degrees tomorrow, beautiful sun shine. unfortunately for washington. your rain will come in
in this area, it is so arid that when we talk about rain over an inch, we talk about flooding. that's what we saw, and major power outages roos the region as well. those are moving across arizona, and in utah. the warnings, here in utah, we talked about flash floods. they are the most dangerous. it means it is happening right now. it doesn't exact parts of arizona, as well as down towards southern parts of nevada to los angeles. you were still in the bulls eye. as we go towards monday, most of...
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>> i believe you are referring to the president and mission of the through arid core -- americorps 100 we go -- lawyers and legal assistants -- have you seen anything in miami? >> i have to say in this goes to the previous question, one thing that really affects its whether someone is accentuated or not. so one has the maturity tends to appear at support hearings. that reason is especially because of the concern for vulnerable population which we consider to be children and mentally incompetent individuals. we do not endorse for illegal or presentation for those populations. i think it is essential for children to have representation. that will result in reduced significantly the problem. >> what would be the justice department argument about having an independent immigration courts? >> the justice department today has not taken an official position. the executive director of the executive office for immigration review can speak for himself, but i believe he has said until you see an actual bill or proposal, it is difficult to comment. it is hard to imagine exactly what arguments would
>> i believe you are referring to the president and mission of the through arid core -- americorps 100 we go -- lawyers and legal assistants -- have you seen anything in miami? >> i have to say in this goes to the previous question, one thing that really affects its whether someone is accentuated or not. so one has the maturity tends to appear at support hearings. that reason is especially because of the concern for vulnerable population which we consider to be children and mentally...
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. >> islands or aire arid areas. mountain zones moving into areas that are you know flatter and maybe more agricultural. in the u.s., people are moving because of the amenities in the rocky mountains and the southwest and the beautiful glorious climate in increasing numbers. >> in fact from a climate change perspective, americans are moving to the very last places they should. in the past 30 years the southeast has been ravaged by floods and storms. texas alone has had over 45 individual billion dollar disasters, mostly tornadoes. yet united van lines reported that carolinas and texas were the most popular places to move. between now and the end of the century, these situations are likely to get worse. 11 million people live within the high tide mark and the risk of storm surges past that mark will double because of sea level rise. california is experiencing the worst drought in time. mid western cities like detroit and minneapolis will do pretty well. the pacific northwest is a pretty good bet. scientists believe in
. >> islands or aire arid areas. mountain zones moving into areas that are you know flatter and maybe more agricultural. in the u.s., people are moving because of the amenities in the rocky mountains and the southwest and the beautiful glorious climate in increasing numbers. >> in fact from a climate change perspective, americans are moving to the very last places they should. in the past 30 years the southeast has been ravaged by floods and storms. texas alone has had over 45...
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. >> the rest of the people are moving out of what we call dry lands or arid areas. people are moving out of mountain zones, into areas that are flatter and more agricultural. in the u.s. people are moving because of the amenities in the rocky mountains and the south-west and the beautiful, glorious sunny climate, in increasing numbers. >> reporter: from a climate change perspective americans are moving to the last places they should. the south-east has been ravaged by floods and storms. texas had over 45 individual billion dollar disasters, mostly tornado. and yet united van lines report in 2013 the carolinas and texas were the most popular places to move. between now and the end of the century. the symptoms are likely to get worse. 1.3 million people in florida live within four feet of the high tide mark. the risk of storm surges pass that mark, doubling because of sea level rise. >> where should you move. some suggest that mid western cities like detroit and minnesota would do well. the pacific north-west and alaska could in the 20th century be a balmy spot. at th
. >> the rest of the people are moving out of what we call dry lands or arid areas. people are moving out of mountain zones, into areas that are flatter and more agricultural. in the u.s. people are moving because of the amenities in the rocky mountains and the south-west and the beautiful, glorious sunny climate, in increasing numbers. >> reporter: from a climate change perspective americans are moving to the last places they should. the south-east has been ravaged by floods and...
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but right now, we have what appears to be not arid medic growth but keep in mind, neil, those are justted infections. if we're going to triage international issues right now, this is a pretty important one. we have to take this seriously and at least temporary flight restrictions until they can at least stabilize the infection rate and hopefully see it start to decrease. >> do you worry, as a former secret service agent, creating needless. >> that's not a worry in the united states. when you look at terrorist attacks post 9/11, folks here are pretty calm. you haven't seen much panic about ebola here. i think we pretty reasonable. our health care system is pretty resilient. you don't want to unnecessarily scare people. but let's be honest, this is a real threat. you have a disease with 70% fatality rate. having come home with a really dangerous disease from panama, you know, myself when i was with the secret service, you know, this stuff is danger poups very real. and it's not panic, it is common sense. >> you know, you don't mind me picking your brain on what you make of the latest int
but right now, we have what appears to be not arid medic growth but keep in mind, neil, those are justted infections. if we're going to triage international issues right now, this is a pretty important one. we have to take this seriously and at least temporary flight restrictions until they can at least stabilize the infection rate and hopefully see it start to decrease. >> do you worry, as a former secret service agent, creating needless. >> that's not a worry in the united states....
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more people are working multiple jobs, moonlighting, except the latest numbers indicate otherwise arid shows us. >> kind of surprising given the slow wage growth in the economy. the number of people who work more than one job, six point 8 million people, 4.6% of all employed people, down one percentage way from 10 years ago, pretty much in line with the average since the recession. i was surprised by this. i ducked down a little bit. arelly different numbers estimated, more than 21 million people have multiple sources of income and one reason there might even suspect the is because the survey specifically asked about second jobs. a lot of time, people get more income from hobbies and passions. they tutor. >> or they jive a few hours on uber or rent out rooms. they do not consider that a second job. they consider it multiple sources of income. we have a chart that also highlights which occupations tend to have people with the highest multiple job holdings. >> on the side, eric has a crafts project. >> yes. >> he is also an uber driver. >>, on. >> dnp's and firefighters, a lot of workers
more people are working multiple jobs, moonlighting, except the latest numbers indicate otherwise arid shows us. >> kind of surprising given the slow wage growth in the economy. the number of people who work more than one job, six point 8 million people, 4.6% of all employed people, down one percentage way from 10 years ago, pretty much in line with the average since the recession. i was surprised by this. i ducked down a little bit. arelly different numbers estimated, more than 21...
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been discussed in the press but we're not going to get into the weeds as to the different issues that aridewe'll come back later to some enforcement tools under existing regulations that could stop some of the simple use of those offshore earnings, but the reason i think regulations are needed is because it's needed for decontrol that could end run even that anti-abuse rule. what's the third benefit? the third benefit is to be able to earn foreign income that is totally outside the u.s. tax net and as a result to encourage even more shifting of income and investment from the united states. in my article, where i was talking about regulatory as opposed to statutory changes, i only suggested taking on the first two issues. my thinking about the third issue has been limited so far to tax reform proposals, but with respect to the first two issues, i believe there's regulatory authority to take steps that would reduce the tax benefits that are indeed consistent with each of the major potential tax reform proposals for reasons we can talk about as we go along. >> that's very helpful, and i'm goin
been discussed in the press but we're not going to get into the weeds as to the different issues that aridewe'll come back later to some enforcement tools under existing regulations that could stop some of the simple use of those offshore earnings, but the reason i think regulations are needed is because it's needed for decontrol that could end run even that anti-abuse rule. what's the third benefit? the third benefit is to be able to earn foreign income that is totally outside the u.s. tax net...
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the area around el paso can be arid and harsh, but the secret to the longevity has been its well designed system of irrigation canals still in existence today and they have provide water for crops and vineyards. the development suffered a setback in 1881 when the railroads laid their track all he way to el paso but bypassed seguaro. yet the determined city continued to grow and diversified and develop various industries, its resolute citizens were determined to stay in the area. later on, unscrupulous developers started to build homes and residential subdivisions there that didn't have paved streets. but the residents again raised up against these builders to make sure their city survived and prospered. today, the city is home to some 32,000 people making it the 95th largest city in texas. e city is el paso county's municipality. and there is a lot of history, a lot of plays to go and see. if you have a young kid and child, you'll want to hang out where the community gathers and that's at bulldog championship park which includes a splash park, walking trails, and a pond. there is also the
the area around el paso can be arid and harsh, but the secret to the longevity has been its well designed system of irrigation canals still in existence today and they have provide water for crops and vineyards. the development suffered a setback in 1881 when the railroads laid their track all he way to el paso but bypassed seguaro. yet the determined city continued to grow and diversified and develop various industries, its resolute citizens were determined to stay in the area. later on,...
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thought it would get rid of this thing, the feeling on the hill who would like to either reform it with arid it is that republican senate elected in november, republicans can have more leverage to mess with the bank after that. republicans are divided on the export, import bank. democrats because republicans want to end it, democrats decided they are foreign even though they have been resistant in the past. >> back to that full plate. your colleague with a piece about the agenda. here is the headline. house and senate recycled partisan agendas. what are those agendas? >> a lot of messaging. nobody wants to stick their neck out before an election. they want to score political points because they are on the ballot. you have seen a lot of that this past week. in a minute what men the first amendment and make it harder for the campaign contributors to influence elections. that went nowhere as expected. republicans and democrats alike are doing stuff like this. publicans and the house had another bill related to obamacare to restrain the implementation. both sides of the aisle are playing politic
thought it would get rid of this thing, the feeling on the hill who would like to either reform it with arid it is that republican senate elected in november, republicans can have more leverage to mess with the bank after that. republicans are divided on the export, import bank. democrats because republicans want to end it, democrats decided they are foreign even though they have been resistant in the past. >> back to that full plate. your colleague with a piece about the agenda. here is...
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this is an arid part of the country. they're in the third year of their drought right now but the new rule would declare much of this area as a federal waterway subject to the onerous federal regulations. this would impact every industry -- farming, ranching, oil and gas, construction, transportation -- everything. the rule confirms -- and this is interesting, because tom buchanan happens to be the president of the oklahoma farm bureau and he -- i asked him the question in kind of a town hall setting that we had not too long ago, i said, you know, what is the biggest problem that we have in agriculture in oklahoma? he said, the biggest problem has nothing to do with the farm bill. the biggest problem we're facing right now is the overregulation by the e.p.a., what they're doing with their endangered species, what they're doing with containment of fuel on farms, what they're doing with the water rules that they have. and so he said that is the biggest problem. and i was with terry dietrich, he's the president of the ameri
this is an arid part of the country. they're in the third year of their drought right now but the new rule would declare much of this area as a federal waterway subject to the onerous federal regulations. this would impact every industry -- farming, ranching, oil and gas, construction, transportation -- everything. the rule confirms -- and this is interesting, because tom buchanan happens to be the president of the oklahoma farm bureau and he -- i asked him the question in kind of a town hall...